We all know that words that start with the letter Z are loads of fun. The word zipper is even more fun because not only does it sound cool but there is an action involved.
Today at lunch Liam wanted to unzip my sweatshirt and while he was unzipping....zzzzzip came out of his mouth! How exciting for both Evan and I to hear as Liam's vocabulary is not too extensive yet. Da, Momma, Dog, Butters and yes is all we've heard so far.
And now we can add Zip!
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
First Christmas
It was a very exciting Christmas this year as this was Liam's first Christmas! Once we got through Christmas Eve which included screaming and crying through most of the night, (most by Liam, some by me) the rest was a breeze.
Christmas morning was spent with the Fink's where lots of presents were opened, mainly by Violet and Eli, and lots of oohing and aahing over what Violet and Eli were opening from Santa. Liam was very excited about the ball that Santa got for him and the piggy bank.
Christmas afternoon was spent with the Walles' with more crying, but this time only by Liam. It was a long day but overall Liam's first Christmas was a success!
Christmas morning was spent with the Fink's where lots of presents were opened, mainly by Violet and Eli, and lots of oohing and aahing over what Violet and Eli were opening from Santa. Liam was very excited about the ball that Santa got for him and the piggy bank.
Christmas afternoon was spent with the Walles' with more crying, but this time only by Liam. It was a long day but overall Liam's first Christmas was a success!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A little home remodeling...
For the past month our house has been under construction. Because what better time to do some remodeling than during the holiday season?
We bought this house 3 years ago and when we signed on the dotted line our first priority was to add a half bath on the main floor. Of course we had a long list of other projects that we also wanted to accomplish but that bathroom was #1. Three years later we have finally decided on where it should go, how it should be done and who should do it!
Our new 1/2 bathroom is off the kitchen and almost done! Evan's Uncle Jeff has been our contractor and has done an amazing job! Not only did he gut the old pantry, but he moved the cabinet holding our oven so we could extend a wall to make the bath just a little bit bigger. We also discovered why there was never any heat or air going to Liam's bedroom and fixed that as well. (Who knew a 1 inch gap between the duct work wouldn't keep the air circulating upwards)
And so far one of the best things about this project, and I say this because the toilet and sink still have to be installed, is our new kitchen floor! Evan and I are so excited to have a new floor. One that isn't white or the grout isn't stained with dirt and mud!
Uncle Jeff is almost done and hopefully by next week we will have a working downstairs bathroom!
We bought this house 3 years ago and when we signed on the dotted line our first priority was to add a half bath on the main floor. Of course we had a long list of other projects that we also wanted to accomplish but that bathroom was #1. Three years later we have finally decided on where it should go, how it should be done and who should do it!
Our new 1/2 bathroom is off the kitchen and almost done! Evan's Uncle Jeff has been our contractor and has done an amazing job! Not only did he gut the old pantry, but he moved the cabinet holding our oven so we could extend a wall to make the bath just a little bit bigger. We also discovered why there was never any heat or air going to Liam's bedroom and fixed that as well. (Who knew a 1 inch gap between the duct work wouldn't keep the air circulating upwards)
And so far one of the best things about this project, and I say this because the toilet and sink still have to be installed, is our new kitchen floor! Evan and I are so excited to have a new floor. One that isn't white or the grout isn't stained with dirt and mud!
Uncle Jeff is almost done and hopefully by next week we will have a working downstairs bathroom!
Santa!
One of my patients is "Santa" during the holiday season. During his appointment I was complaining about how expensive it is to see the Santa at the mall and he kindly told me where his next gig was. On Sunday we went to see Santa; because what kind of mother would I be if I didn't take my son to see Santa for his first Christmas! And when he is older and he finds this picture of him and Santa in front of Meatheads; I'll just explain that Santa has to eat also and he just happened to be in the parking lot at the same time that we were.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Our living garbage disposal
No, this post is not really about our garbage disposal but about our dog, Butters.
As a puppy Butters was a terror. A true nightmare for any new dog owner. She disobeyed our commands, mocked me in obedience classes, bit us and when we would try to correct her she would come back and bite us harder the next time.
Out of all of those things and many others Butters would eat anything that was within 5 feet of her; left, right, up or down she considered it hers. It didn't matter if it was on the counter-she would jump up so her front paws were on the countertop and wolf it down. It didn't matter if it was in your hand or on your plate if you turned your head away from her it was gone in less than 3 seconds.
I have a few stories from her puppyhood days that I like to retell occasionally such as the Pizza Hut tale where she ate our entire breadstick order. And then when I was scolding her for it she burped it back in my face. There's also the time she ate 6-7 doughnuts off the counter that were still in the box; when I returned the box appeared as if it as untouched but the chocolate frosting that she had not had time to lick off the counter was still present. She almost got away with that one!
Butters is now 3 years old and while in some dogs that should be considered adulthood, of course in labs we aren't even out of the puppy stage yet!
Most recently while at my parents house for Thanksgiving weekend I was packing all of our things getting ready to head back home and decided to put away the kennel that Butters sleeps in during our stay. My mother is much kinder than we are to our dog and put an old robe down on the floor of the kennel for Butters to sleep on. (We have learned our lesson as Butters still rips any towel, blanket or doggie bed we buy her to sleep on and so she now gets the hard, cold metal floor of her kennel at home) She surprisingly had not ripped up the old robe but while I was pulling it out of the kennel something fell out onto the floor. At first I didn't know what it was but upon further investigation I discovered it was the netting from the ham we had eaten for our Thanksgiving dinner!
I took it out to show Evan to ask her if he saw her eating it the day before to which he said: "Well, I thought I saw something hanging out of her mouth but when I went to reach for her and pry open her jaws there was nothing there." Well now we know what it was! First off, how she did not choke on it going down but secondly how did she not choke on it while it was coming back up in the middle of the night! This dog amazes me at times!
Yesterday we had some friends come over to visit who have a sweet girl, JoAnna, who is 18 months. Now, JoAnna has a doggie at her house too but Butters is much bigger than Max and let's just say Butters was all up in JoAnna's business! Especially when Butters realized that this baby is the same size height wise as she which means all of Joanna's food soon became Butters food! When the banana peel went missing, it was confirmed that Butters ate it. Well, swallowed it whole is more like it.
Thankfully, the banana peel so far has been easily digested and we have not had to clean up any messes. We love our dog but goodness gracious when is she going to grow up!
Cleaning up after dinner-she's just trying to do her part!
Begging for food-a common site at our house!
As a puppy Butters was a terror. A true nightmare for any new dog owner. She disobeyed our commands, mocked me in obedience classes, bit us and when we would try to correct her she would come back and bite us harder the next time.
Out of all of those things and many others Butters would eat anything that was within 5 feet of her; left, right, up or down she considered it hers. It didn't matter if it was on the counter-she would jump up so her front paws were on the countertop and wolf it down. It didn't matter if it was in your hand or on your plate if you turned your head away from her it was gone in less than 3 seconds.
I have a few stories from her puppyhood days that I like to retell occasionally such as the Pizza Hut tale where she ate our entire breadstick order. And then when I was scolding her for it she burped it back in my face. There's also the time she ate 6-7 doughnuts off the counter that were still in the box; when I returned the box appeared as if it as untouched but the chocolate frosting that she had not had time to lick off the counter was still present. She almost got away with that one!
Butters is now 3 years old and while in some dogs that should be considered adulthood, of course in labs we aren't even out of the puppy stage yet!
Most recently while at my parents house for Thanksgiving weekend I was packing all of our things getting ready to head back home and decided to put away the kennel that Butters sleeps in during our stay. My mother is much kinder than we are to our dog and put an old robe down on the floor of the kennel for Butters to sleep on. (We have learned our lesson as Butters still rips any towel, blanket or doggie bed we buy her to sleep on and so she now gets the hard, cold metal floor of her kennel at home) She surprisingly had not ripped up the old robe but while I was pulling it out of the kennel something fell out onto the floor. At first I didn't know what it was but upon further investigation I discovered it was the netting from the ham we had eaten for our Thanksgiving dinner!
I took it out to show Evan to ask her if he saw her eating it the day before to which he said: "Well, I thought I saw something hanging out of her mouth but when I went to reach for her and pry open her jaws there was nothing there." Well now we know what it was! First off, how she did not choke on it going down but secondly how did she not choke on it while it was coming back up in the middle of the night! This dog amazes me at times!
Yesterday we had some friends come over to visit who have a sweet girl, JoAnna, who is 18 months. Now, JoAnna has a doggie at her house too but Butters is much bigger than Max and let's just say Butters was all up in JoAnna's business! Especially when Butters realized that this baby is the same size height wise as she which means all of Joanna's food soon became Butters food! When the banana peel went missing, it was confirmed that Butters ate it. Well, swallowed it whole is more like it.
Thankfully, the banana peel so far has been easily digested and we have not had to clean up any messes. We love our dog but goodness gracious when is she going to grow up!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
First haircut!
On Friday Liam got his first haircut! I was trying to wait as long as I could but honestly the rat tail in the back just wasn't that attractive.
Before:
During:
After: Working it for the camera!
Before:
During:
After: Working it for the camera!
This past weekend my whole family went to Atlanta, Georgia for my cousin Anna's wedding. This included lots of laughter, quality cousin time, and Liam's first plane ride.
Liam did really well on the plane to Atlanta. He ate his dinner which helped with the pressure in his ears, which he never complained about it. And then we watched a little bit of cousin Elliott's DVD that he said Liam could borrow. What a nice cousin!
While in Atlanta Liam was the belle of the ball. Everyone wanted to hold him and have him make his "funny face." Which is quite hilarious and of course once he realized that everyone was laughing at him for doing it he did it more, and more, and more.
During the wedding Liam was again quite good, even though mommy and daddy forgot to pack any books or toys that he could look at during the ceremony; the only time he made a peep was when mommy tried to give him a drink of water which he guzzled down and than started choking on. :)
The reception was even better! Loud music, cousins, aunts and Grandma dancing with him was lots of fun! Let's just say he slept all through the night and even past his usual wake up time.
Before getting back on the plane home we stopped at a puppet museum that Uncle Blair wanted to visit. We saw Big Bird, Kermit and lots of other puppets. Only I got scared in one of the puppet rooms when one of the puppets started moving without prompting. Liam loves puppets and especially liked it when his aunts put on a puppet show for him to watch.
While Liam did great on the plane, we are glad the trip is behind us. And with all the bags we had to drag through the airport we may wait until Liam is a little older for our next airplane adventure.
Looking outside at the airplane!
Liam did really well on the plane to Atlanta. He ate his dinner which helped with the pressure in his ears, which he never complained about it. And then we watched a little bit of cousin Elliott's DVD that he said Liam could borrow. What a nice cousin!
While in Atlanta Liam was the belle of the ball. Everyone wanted to hold him and have him make his "funny face." Which is quite hilarious and of course once he realized that everyone was laughing at him for doing it he did it more, and more, and more.
During the wedding Liam was again quite good, even though mommy and daddy forgot to pack any books or toys that he could look at during the ceremony; the only time he made a peep was when mommy tried to give him a drink of water which he guzzled down and than started choking on. :)
The reception was even better! Loud music, cousins, aunts and Grandma dancing with him was lots of fun! Let's just say he slept all through the night and even past his usual wake up time.
Before getting back on the plane home we stopped at a puppet museum that Uncle Blair wanted to visit. We saw Big Bird, Kermit and lots of other puppets. Only I got scared in one of the puppet rooms when one of the puppets started moving without prompting. Liam loves puppets and especially liked it when his aunts put on a puppet show for him to watch.
While Liam did great on the plane, we are glad the trip is behind us. And with all the bags we had to drag through the airport we may wait until Liam is a little older for our next airplane adventure.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Da-da
Liam has finally said "Da-da." I don't know if it was even sweeter that he started saying it during the Packers game but now we have three words to his vocabulary.
Da-da is very happy!
Da-da is very happy!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Climb every mountain...
I was curious yesterday to see if Liam could climb the stairs. So, I put him on the first step and....YES! Of course he can go up stairs.
Liam actually went up the stairs very well for one of his first tries. He slipped a couple times but I (and Butters) was right there to make sure he didn't fall more than a step back down again.
Here are some pictures to document yet another milestone.
*Please ignore my robe-it is below 60 degrees outside which means my house feels like it is below 50.
Liam actually went up the stairs very well for one of his first tries. He slipped a couple times but I (and Butters) was right there to make sure he didn't fall more than a step back down again.
Here are some pictures to document yet another milestone.
*Please ignore my robe-it is below 60 degrees outside which means my house feels like it is below 50.
This picture has nothing to do with climbing stairs but we were playing peek a boo, and I thought it was really cute
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
If you're happy and you know it...
CLAP YOUR HANDS!
Finally, Liam has a new skill that does not involve moving...well, moving out of a sit. Liam can now clap his hands and is quite pleased with himself over it too.
Liam likes to clap his hands when he throws the ball. Liam likes to clap his hands to music and Liam likes to clap his hands when Mommy sings him silly songs.
Liam also has started to dance. This is quite hilarious to watch as he first started doing it in his highchair during mealtimes. I think I mentioned how long it takes Liam to eat; so mommy and daddy play music so we don't go crazy. Dancing includes bobbing your head and your legs at the same time so when he gets going he can almost move the chair! Yesterday while nursing Liam I turned the TV on so I wouldn't be bored. And an old Sex and the City episode was starting. For those of you who lived under a rock while that show was on it has a very distinctive theme song at the beginning of the show. I looked down to check on Liam-he looked back at me with that mischievous grin and....LET'S DANCE!
He started bobbing his head and rocking his whole body back and forth on my pillow smiling away like this was the best song he's ever heard. It was quite hilarious and I'm sure if someone had been looking in my window they would have seen an infant who looked like he was having seizures and his mother laughing at him with her boob hanging out. I like to keep it classy. :)
So, we'll keep dancing and I'll try to teach Liam some new moves-although I think he thinks he's already a pro.
Finally, Liam has a new skill that does not involve moving...well, moving out of a sit. Liam can now clap his hands and is quite pleased with himself over it too.
Liam likes to clap his hands when he throws the ball. Liam likes to clap his hands to music and Liam likes to clap his hands when Mommy sings him silly songs.
Liam also has started to dance. This is quite hilarious to watch as he first started doing it in his highchair during mealtimes. I think I mentioned how long it takes Liam to eat; so mommy and daddy play music so we don't go crazy. Dancing includes bobbing your head and your legs at the same time so when he gets going he can almost move the chair! Yesterday while nursing Liam I turned the TV on so I wouldn't be bored. And an old Sex and the City episode was starting. For those of you who lived under a rock while that show was on it has a very distinctive theme song at the beginning of the show. I looked down to check on Liam-he looked back at me with that mischievous grin and....LET'S DANCE!
He started bobbing his head and rocking his whole body back and forth on my pillow smiling away like this was the best song he's ever heard. It was quite hilarious and I'm sure if someone had been looking in my window they would have seen an infant who looked like he was having seizures and his mother laughing at him with her boob hanging out. I like to keep it classy. :)
So, we'll keep dancing and I'll try to teach Liam some new moves-although I think he thinks he's already a pro.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Master Crawler...and anything else that involves movement
It's happening...the day I knew would come. Liam has become quite skilled at crawling. He can now crawl anywhere and everywhere...quickly.
Say goodbye to the days where I could set him on the floor to play with his toys while I rushed to the bathroom, or do the dishes, or fold the laundry. (I actually never did any of these things before anyway, well except use the bathroom, but now I can say that I can't get to it)
Liam has also become very talented at pulling himself to a stand...on anything. His toys, the chair, the couch, my legs, Butters, the TV stand, and the hamper. He also enjoys playing with electrical cords, trying to unplug the computer has become a fun new game. I am so proud that he is gaining new skills every day, just some days I wish that they involved more sitting and less moving. :)
Liam is now 9 months old and is still in the 3rd percentile for weight. Coming in with a solid 15 pounds 6 ounces. He is our little guy and while I think he's perfect the doctor wants us to try to fatten him up a bit. So, we have increased Liam's food intake and he is loving it. Toast loaded with butter has never gotten me excited but Liam giggles with delight when he sees us spreading those extra calories on. Dinner which used to include a veggie or two and some fruit now consists of meat, veggies, fruit, and of course toast. All with butter.
But wait, that's not all. He doesn't get just one serving of each, Liam gets as much as his little tummy desires. As long as he keeps opening his mouth we keep shoving in the food. This has resulted in mealtimes taking as long as an hour, and while we love interacting and playing with our little man watching someone eat for an hour gets a little boring. Mommy tends to get a little crazy and start singing Liam songs that I make up on the spot. I often am surprised at my creativeness but when I look towards my husband for approval at my wisdom I often get "the look."*
*please see earlier posts
Hopefully this getting fat thing works out, I just have to remember only Liam is supposed to be gaining pounds. Butters and I are still supposed to be on a diet.
Liam crawling away from the perfect fall photo backdrop.
Say goodbye to the days where I could set him on the floor to play with his toys while I rushed to the bathroom, or do the dishes, or fold the laundry. (I actually never did any of these things before anyway, well except use the bathroom, but now I can say that I can't get to it)
Liam has also become very talented at pulling himself to a stand...on anything. His toys, the chair, the couch, my legs, Butters, the TV stand, and the hamper. He also enjoys playing with electrical cords, trying to unplug the computer has become a fun new game. I am so proud that he is gaining new skills every day, just some days I wish that they involved more sitting and less moving. :)
Liam is now 9 months old and is still in the 3rd percentile for weight. Coming in with a solid 15 pounds 6 ounces. He is our little guy and while I think he's perfect the doctor wants us to try to fatten him up a bit. So, we have increased Liam's food intake and he is loving it. Toast loaded with butter has never gotten me excited but Liam giggles with delight when he sees us spreading those extra calories on. Dinner which used to include a veggie or two and some fruit now consists of meat, veggies, fruit, and of course toast. All with butter.
But wait, that's not all. He doesn't get just one serving of each, Liam gets as much as his little tummy desires. As long as he keeps opening his mouth we keep shoving in the food. This has resulted in mealtimes taking as long as an hour, and while we love interacting and playing with our little man watching someone eat for an hour gets a little boring. Mommy tends to get a little crazy and start singing Liam songs that I make up on the spot. I often am surprised at my creativeness but when I look towards my husband for approval at my wisdom I often get "the look."*
*please see earlier posts
Hopefully this getting fat thing works out, I just have to remember only Liam is supposed to be gaining pounds. Butters and I are still supposed to be on a diet.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Baby Food
I am just going to confess right now...I love making Liam's baby food. I don't know if the satisfaction I get is because I am making something for him or if it's because I know how healthy it is and that there's no preservatives or chemicals in it, but I love to do it! It is however getting a little trickier as we are in a gray zone of what Liam can or can't do.
Liam can have lots of different vegetables, fruits, cereal and now our pediatrician has given the green light for yogurt and meat. The question is how do I deliver these foods. In the past 2 months all food has been pureed and frozen. Which has been extremely easy. Now Liam is getting into finger foods so I have to think....to puree or not to puree...that is the question!
I must also say that I have been extremely lucky that almost anything I put in front of him he will eat. (except kiwi) It doesn't matter how thick, thin, chunky or stringy it is....Liam will eat it! Now that we will be venturing into finger foods I'm going to have to start planning Evan and mine's menu as well. It has been no secret that Liam eats better than anyone in this house! Liam eats first and when my husband asks me what's for dinner? My reply is "I don't know-any canned soup in the pantry?" Funny how once you have a child your priorities change to Baby first, me last.
Hopefully I can find some planning and organization skills hidden within me to start planning meals for all 3 of us! Until then enjoy my pictures of what I made for Liam this week!
Some Baby Cereal Cookies cut into pumpkin shapes!
Liam loves squash! Summer squash, acorn squash, butternut squash-he'll eat it all!
And a picture of my sweet boy!
Liam can have lots of different vegetables, fruits, cereal and now our pediatrician has given the green light for yogurt and meat. The question is how do I deliver these foods. In the past 2 months all food has been pureed and frozen. Which has been extremely easy. Now Liam is getting into finger foods so I have to think....to puree or not to puree...that is the question!
I must also say that I have been extremely lucky that almost anything I put in front of him he will eat. (except kiwi) It doesn't matter how thick, thin, chunky or stringy it is....Liam will eat it! Now that we will be venturing into finger foods I'm going to have to start planning Evan and mine's menu as well. It has been no secret that Liam eats better than anyone in this house! Liam eats first and when my husband asks me what's for dinner? My reply is "I don't know-any canned soup in the pantry?" Funny how once you have a child your priorities change to Baby first, me last.
Hopefully I can find some planning and organization skills hidden within me to start planning meals for all 3 of us! Until then enjoy my pictures of what I made for Liam this week!
And a picture of my sweet boy!
Fink Family Fun!
Last weekend my whole family showed up in Indianapolis to see my sister Adriane and also to spend some quality family time together! We went to the children's museum, rode the merry go round, ate out with a group of 12, went swimming at the pool and went shopping! It was so much fun to see the cousins playing together; Violet loves her little cousin and Eli kept escaping from his parents to go over to Liam to give him nice hugs and to hold his hand! We had so much fun I wish that we could have had a couple more days together.
Violet, Eli and Liam playing with the dinosaur eggs at the museum!
Liam eating peas in the hotel chair-he thought it was pretty cool not to be in his highchair!
First time on a merry-go-round! He kept looking for Daddy!
We love our Aunt Adriane!
First time in the pool-lots of splashing!
He loved to "jump in"
Thursday, September 22, 2011
And he's off!
Liam has been trying to crawl for a couple of weeks now. Going backwards, doing downward facing dog but today..........HE DID IT!
Liam can now crawl! When I picked Liam up from daycare today I was told that he was crawling all over the place, all day long! Once we got home I had to see for myself. Sure enough once I shook those Puffs and rolled them across the floor he was off! And I was a super excited, over the top mommy!
I'm not sure what Butters thinks about this yet. She was giving me a slightly concerned expression as she was watching him crawl across the floor. That could be from Liam's new love of crawling onto Butters or how he also tends to use her to pull himself up to a stand. While I think this is wonderful, Evan and Butters are less enthused. While pulling himself to the stand Liam tends to grab fists full of Butters hair and than try to "eat" her as well. Not sure what the big problem is. :)
One more thing- every time Liam and I come home once we get to the door Liam starts to get really excited and laugh. His excitement only climbs as the door sails open and he sees his dog, wagging her tail and showing us how happy she is that we finally came home. There are times that I know she is not so sure about the baby who has stolen her masters' attention, but those first few minutes of seeing him I can see that she is just as happy to see him as he is to see her.
Liam can now crawl! When I picked Liam up from daycare today I was told that he was crawling all over the place, all day long! Once we got home I had to see for myself. Sure enough once I shook those Puffs and rolled them across the floor he was off! And I was a super excited, over the top mommy!
I'm not sure what Butters thinks about this yet. She was giving me a slightly concerned expression as she was watching him crawl across the floor. That could be from Liam's new love of crawling onto Butters or how he also tends to use her to pull himself up to a stand. While I think this is wonderful, Evan and Butters are less enthused. While pulling himself to the stand Liam tends to grab fists full of Butters hair and than try to "eat" her as well. Not sure what the big problem is. :)
One more thing- every time Liam and I come home once we get to the door Liam starts to get really excited and laugh. His excitement only climbs as the door sails open and he sees his dog, wagging her tail and showing us how happy she is that we finally came home. There are times that I know she is not so sure about the baby who has stolen her masters' attention, but those first few minutes of seeing him I can see that she is just as happy to see him as he is to see her.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Daddy Day!
Thursdays are a special day. It's Daddy day. Every Thursday since Liam was born Daddy has been able to stay home with Liam. Well, except for this past summer where Grammy Walles came over-which we loved! Now summer is over and it is again Daddy day.
When I came home from work Evan told me all the wonderful things that Liam had done that day. When Evan went to get him from his crib after his morning nap he was pleasantly surprised by Liam sitting up in his crib. Back against the crib just chillin' out. Later in the afternoon while Liam was playing and Evan was working on the computer he says that Liam started using his toy to pull himself up to a stand from sitting.
Keep in mind I was only gone for 7 and 1/2 hours. How could he have done all these giant milestones while I was away!!!! Now I may be overreacting. Well, ok yes I am overreacting. My baby boy is growing up!
Later that night while I was "helping" Evan lower Liam's crib mattress. I just kept feeling like I was not ready for this giant leap. And so I started arguing with Evan on how low his mattress should go. Notice how I have confessed that it was I who started the fighting. I kept saying "It's too low. I'm not going to be able to reach down and get him. You need to put the mattress back up to the second level. He's not ready for the third level yet." (Or I'm not ready for the third level yet!)
For any of you who know my husband you may know that he is not necessarily a handyman. In fact when he has to do any type of handyman work he usually gets extremely frustrated and may start swearing at ridiculous items such as a wrench or a hammer. So, to say the least my comments were not welcome...at all. Thankfully, my husband surrendered and brought the mattress back up to the safe second level. I felt like I could again breathe normally.
I know that as the days, weeks and months start to add up I cannot and will not be able to stop my little boy from growing up. I know this but yet it is still so hard to accept. Can't I keep him little forever???
I will try to start posting pictures on this here blog but have not yet figured out how to do it. Next time!
When I came home from work Evan told me all the wonderful things that Liam had done that day. When Evan went to get him from his crib after his morning nap he was pleasantly surprised by Liam sitting up in his crib. Back against the crib just chillin' out. Later in the afternoon while Liam was playing and Evan was working on the computer he says that Liam started using his toy to pull himself up to a stand from sitting.
Keep in mind I was only gone for 7 and 1/2 hours. How could he have done all these giant milestones while I was away!!!! Now I may be overreacting. Well, ok yes I am overreacting. My baby boy is growing up!
Later that night while I was "helping" Evan lower Liam's crib mattress. I just kept feeling like I was not ready for this giant leap. And so I started arguing with Evan on how low his mattress should go. Notice how I have confessed that it was I who started the fighting. I kept saying "It's too low. I'm not going to be able to reach down and get him. You need to put the mattress back up to the second level. He's not ready for the third level yet." (Or I'm not ready for the third level yet!)
For any of you who know my husband you may know that he is not necessarily a handyman. In fact when he has to do any type of handyman work he usually gets extremely frustrated and may start swearing at ridiculous items such as a wrench or a hammer. So, to say the least my comments were not welcome...at all. Thankfully, my husband surrendered and brought the mattress back up to the safe second level. I felt like I could again breathe normally.
I know that as the days, weeks and months start to add up I cannot and will not be able to stop my little boy from growing up. I know this but yet it is still so hard to accept. Can't I keep him little forever???
I will try to start posting pictures on this here blog but have not yet figured out how to do it. Next time!
Everybody's doing it
I am the type of person that likes to wait on things. And when I say I like to wait I do not mean that I am a necessarily patient person. In fact my husband would very much disagree with my first sentence and so I must explain.
I typically see a fad- such as leggings, or doing the giant pouf in your hair, or maybe writing your own blog-and think that looks really cute and I should do that. But than I think well, its probably just a faze. Leggings will be so out in like a month. (and according to Project Runway leggings are so out now) I think this until I decide I really want to do the giant pouf in my hair and have my husband stare at me like I'm crazy. (which by the way happens very frequently now)
And so I am starting my very own blog. I will not worry that I may not be funny or witty with my remarks. (even though I laugh at my own jokes all the time) I will not be considered that I am using too many parentheses in my writing. (my high school english teachers will not be reading this) I am doing this for my sisters. (Mainly the one that lives half way across the country) Because she keeps asking me to and because I guess she is missing her family. And when I say family, I really mean just me :) Or maybe just Liam :)
So my dear sisters (and other people who may stop by) enjoy hearing about all the crazy things that I do in order to get those crazed looks from my husband. Enjoy my ridiculous stories about my dog and most importantly enjoy my favorite person in the world...Liam. He is the best!
P.S. I will try to cut down my parentheses in future blogs.
I typically see a fad- such as leggings, or doing the giant pouf in your hair, or maybe writing your own blog-and think that looks really cute and I should do that. But than I think well, its probably just a faze. Leggings will be so out in like a month. (and according to Project Runway leggings are so out now) I think this until I decide I really want to do the giant pouf in my hair and have my husband stare at me like I'm crazy. (which by the way happens very frequently now)
And so I am starting my very own blog. I will not worry that I may not be funny or witty with my remarks. (even though I laugh at my own jokes all the time) I will not be considered that I am using too many parentheses in my writing. (my high school english teachers will not be reading this) I am doing this for my sisters. (Mainly the one that lives half way across the country) Because she keeps asking me to and because I guess she is missing her family. And when I say family, I really mean just me :) Or maybe just Liam :)
So my dear sisters (and other people who may stop by) enjoy hearing about all the crazy things that I do in order to get those crazed looks from my husband. Enjoy my ridiculous stories about my dog and most importantly enjoy my favorite person in the world...Liam. He is the best!
P.S. I will try to cut down my parentheses in future blogs.
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